We NEED the Dept. of Education—no matter how much Republicans try to tell you otherwise.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Washington
Patty Murray
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Voting Record — 783
Yes24%
No70%
Present0%
Not Voting6%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Patty Murray
U.S. SenatorDemocratWashington
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Patty's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 34 sponsored · 162 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and often the center of our communities and neighborhoods.
Especially now, as Trump’s tariffs are pushing so many local small businesses to the breaking point, let’s all do our part and shop small for Small Business Saturday.
While costs are rising for every single American—on everything from groceries to utilities—Trump has used the presidency to get $1.8 BILLION richer (and counting). Talk about corruption.
Don't believe me? Check it out yourself:
Wishing everyone in Washington state and across the country a happy Thanksgiving.
This is horrific news the day before Thanksgiving. I’m thinking of the National Guard members who were shot, their loved ones, and their fellow servicemembers.
This kind of violence is chilling and unacceptable. It must be strongly condemned in no uncertain terms.
I helped introduce a bill to fully repeal Republicans' cuts to SNAP—the largest cuts in history.
SNAP is an investment in people and a commitment we make that, in the richest country on earth, kids and families should not be forced to go hungry.
Notice that a lot of what you’re buying for Thanksgiving costs way more?
You can thank Trump for that—because instead of doing anything to lower YOUR costs, he's been focused on building himself a ballroom.
Now Trump is weaponizing the FBI to go after the Members of Congress who spoke out against him.
The President is corrupt and none of us should back down in the face of these intimidation tactics.
🚨The Trump administration just WITHDREW a proposed rule to make sure cosmetics products are tested for cancer-causing asbestos.
Does exposing more Americans to asbestos Make America Healthy Again??
I wrote the law that required this testing—this move is dangerous and wrong.
Did the turkey also storm the Capitol on January 6th?
If you feel like the cost of nearly everything is UP 📈, that's because it is. Trump's chaos and tariffs are economic arson and EVERYONE can feel it in their pocketbooks.
I'm all for reform to improve our public schools—I'm the one who rewrote No Child Left Behind.
But Trump breaking apart the Department of Education isn't reform, it's sabotage.
I'm fighting every way I can to stop him and protect public education.
DOGE was nothing short of a catastrophic failure, taking a wrecking ball to everything from cancer research to lifesaving humanitarian aid that will almost certainly lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The real fraud and waste is happening at the White House.
America needs more patriots like Senator Mark Kelly and fewer miserable cowards like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
It's nearly Thanksgiving and everyone should remember that Trump fought all the way to the Supreme Court to deny families SNAP benefits this month.
All of this after Trump & Republicans passed the largest cuts to SNAP in HISTORY this summer.
It's fundamentally immoral.
ICYMI: The Trump administration took massive—and illegal—steps last week to try and abolish the Department of Education without any consideration of the cost to students, families, and educators.
Health care premiums are going up next year for everyone—including for people who get coverage through their employers.
And Republicans have yet to put out any coherent plan that will actually address the challenges families are facing.
Did Democrats JUST start talking about Jeffrey Epstein?
NO! I was talking about Jeffrey Epstein in 2017 and here’s why. WATCH:
Republican Health Care Lingo Every Voter Should Know.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
Trump's billionaire-first agenda has cost families in Washington state an average of $948 MORE so far this year, according to a new JEC Dems report.
Apparently, the "Golden Age of America" only exists if you have billions of dollars to pay for it.
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Voting History783 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
783 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-06 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-05-06 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (55-45) |
| 2025-05-05 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Begin consideration | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43) |
| 2025-05-01 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45) |
| 2025-05-01 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-46) |
| 2025-05-01 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-45) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Joint Resolution Defeated (49-49) |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-46) |
| 2025-04-29 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | YES | ✕ | Nomination Confirmed (83-14) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NO | YES | ✕ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-13) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-36) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (62-36) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-39) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-39) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (67-29) |
| 2025-04-28 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (64-27) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-25) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-25) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-26) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-25) |
| 2025-04-10 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-46) |
| 2025-04-10 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-04-10 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (53-44) |
| 2025-04-09 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-42) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-44) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-45) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (49-46) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-37) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-46) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-42) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-37) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (66-32) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-32) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-45) |
| 2025-04-07 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-39) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Accept House changes | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Concurrent Resolution Agreed to (51-48) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (47-52) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-05 | — | Motion (Motion to Waive Section 305(b)(2) of the CBA re: Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 1690) | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Motion Rejected (49-50, 3/5 majority required) |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.